verbile
adjEtymology Irregular formation from Latin verbum + -ile.
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Pertaining to words.
- It would be an interesting inquiry, how far the philosophers have left in their writings traces of their mental habits, as visile, motile, etc., or only verbile, mistaking the custom of language for insight.1905, Carveth Read, The metaphysics of nature, A. and C. Black, page 50:
- Presidents are audile types. They're ear-minded. They're not verbile—they're not readers. That's why telephones are far more important to Presidents than any publication.1971, J. B. Lon Hefferlin, Ellis Laurimore Phillips, Information services for academic administration, Jossey-Bass, page 71: